February 12th, 2018:

The traditional Ao Dai (Áo Dài, pronounced “ow- yahy” in the south, “ow-zahy” in the north) is a beautiful, form-fitting outfit shirt, paired with loose pants. One of my locally-engaged staff member colleagues says she hates wearing them because they are too tight. Someone once observed that they “cover everything and hide nothing.” Just now I witnessed a little wardrobe trick that shows how one person gets hers tight enough.